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N51BD

Cessna 305A

Valid Montana

N51BD is a Cessna 305A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Bigfork, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 11, 2021 and expires on February 29, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for utility, dated January 18, 1973.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
305A
Serial number
22566
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor O-470 SERIES · 230 hp
Seats
2
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
99 mph
Transponder code
A65F33 (octal 51457463)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
February 11, 2021
Expires
February 29, 2028
Last FAA action
October 26, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Utility · January 18, 1973
FAA region
Northwest Mountain
FAA record id
00842485

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Searle Kenneth V
Type
Co-owned
Address
155 Pilots Trl
Bigfork, MT 59911-8545
Co-owners
Searle Susan

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 2

2006-10-11Burkhart Grob GROB G115D · exported to Canada · Sale reported
1992-01-15Inge BD-4 · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data